Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta said playing in the shadow of Rafael Nadal, his country’s most celebrated tennis player, has helped to keep the pressure off him as he has quietly advanced to the semi-finals of the US Open.

Playing in his first semi-final at the Slams since losing the longest ever last-four clash to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon in 2013, Del Potro is riding a tidal wave of emotion in NY.

The 28th-seeded Anderson, a South African, is appearing in his 34th major tournament.

He routed Nadal in three sets in the 2009 semifinals in Flushing Meadows before going on to beat Roger Federer for his lone major title. I felt like I let him control the court quite well.

After 12th seed Carreno Busta’s forehand found the net to end the almost three-hour contest, Anderson smiled and put his hands on his head before climbing into his player’s box to embrace his wife, brother and coach Neville Godwin.

Anderson held a set point in the second tiebreaker, but Querrey converted on his eighth chance to take that set. “We’ve been dominated by a select few individuals and there are definitely times where you think those will be the guys who willalways be competing for it”. He then lost first round in Winston Salem. But he has the same number of career titles as Carreno Busta with both men having won three. The South African who played college tennis for IL, broke serve in the fourth game to lead 3-1, but the lead was short-lived when Carreno Busta broke back.

Sloane Stephens and 16th-seeded Anastasija Sevastova are heading to a third set in their U.S. Open quarterfinal. The Spaniard was dominant in his last match against Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman.

In the tie-breaker, Stephens took four of the last five points, three on Sevastova errors before hitting a down-the-line backhand victor ensured her win gto reach the top 35 in next week’s rankings.

“This is new ground for both of us”.

Anderson has also worked on his mental skills after often finding his own faults.

The hard-hitting South African has pounded 20 aces, including one at 132 miles per hour to end the set, to just one for Carreno Busta.

The break comes with Kvitova leading by a break in the set at 3-0.

“He played so smart from the second set till the end of the match”.

“It’s nice, ” Anderson said, “that some of them gave us a bit of a shot to make a run in this tournament”.

Williams grabbed the opening set 6-3.

How do they match up?

Godwin said that he saw a similar reserve in numerous other tall men on tour, like John Isner, Ivo Karlovic and Marin Cilic, and that many shorter players were naturally feistier. You know, his serve, he’s been serving very well, it looks like.

“I have another opportunity to go one step further”.

In the fourth set, Anderson became more aggressive on his forehand and approaching the net. He’s so consistent from the baseline.

Anderson’s superior experience, head-to-head advantage, imposing serve and big game are factors that suggest he will win this match.

Tiley, a former South Africa Davis Cup captain and now the tournament director at the Australian Open, said Anderson deserves every moment of his success.